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- the invention concerns a conveyor belt or a conveyor belt segment of an elastomeric material with a reinforcement layer of steel ropes arranged so as to be oriented in longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt according to the preamble of claim 1 as well as an agricultural harvester for harvesting field crops or suchlike harvested crop according to the preamble of claim 14 .
- Such conveyor belts and their use are known from various applications.
- WO 2012/038155 A1 discloses a conveyor belt or conveyor belt segment in which a reinforcement layer of steel ropes arranged in longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt and aligned parallel to each other provide for a sufficiently high tensile force that can be transmitted by such conveyor belts.
- the reinforcement layer On the top side or bottom side, the reinforcement layer is covered by cover layers of an elastomeric material.
- the publication proposes hinge plates which are provided with appropriate longitudinal bores for receiving the steel ropes.
- compression of the hinge plates is provided. Due to the compressive connections in the hinge plates for attachment of the wire ropes with the hinge plates, a limited flexibility of the conveyor belt results, in particular for deflection at guide and idler pulleys with small diameters.
- DE 10 2004 023 704 A1 discloses an agricultural harvester in the form of a round bale press for collecting and pressing agricultural harvested crop in which a bale forming device is formed of two drive belts with pressing rods arranged therebetween. Based on the knowledge that the drive belts in question are endless belts, in practice a plurality of different belt lengths for different bale sizes are required which must be stockpiled, respectively.
- Object of the invention is therefore to provide a conveyor belt of conveyor belt segments which can be produced and assembled in a simple and inexpensive way, provides an optimal flexibility at the same time, and therefore simplifies the use in agricultural harvesters.
- a conveyor belt or conveyor belt segment of an elastomeric material comprising a reinforcement layer of steel ropes arranged so as to be oriented in longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt or of the conveyor belt segment, wherein each conveyor belt end or conveyor belt segment end comprises a transverse lock bar in which the ends of the steel ropes are locked by friction or form fit, wherein the transverse lock bars of two conveyor belt ends or conveyor belt segment ends can be coupled with each other by means of a detachable closure member in a rigid correlation relative to each other.
- a conveyor belt is made available that is formed of at least one conveyor belt segment wherein the respective conveyor belt segment ends are connected to each other in an extremely compact manner so that in this way a limitation of the flexibility of the conveyor belt, in particular for deflection at guide or idler pulleys with small diameters, is avoided.
- End members of the conveyor belt or of the conveyor belt segments embodied as transverse lock bars comprise bores distributed across their length in which the ends of the wire ropes are connected in a pull-resistant way by joining methods such as soldering, gluing, welding, compressing or clamping with the transverse lock bar. Due to these connecting techniques, such a transverse lock bar requires only a very compact cross section.
- the required cross section for a square cross section surface can have an edge length of 10 to 15 mm. Other cross section surfaces can however be employed also.
- the closure member With the closure member according to the invention, a coupling action of the transverse lock bars is achieved in which a rigid correlation of the transverse lock bars relative to each other is realized.
- a rigid correlation is to be understood in the context of the invention in that any type of movement of two transverse lock bars relative to each other that are at least partially enclosed by the closure member is not possible.
- the closure member is formed of at least two sections that are detachably connected to each other.
- the sections of the closure member can be a bottom and a top section that receive between them two neighboring transverse lock bars of conveyor segments that are to be connected to a conveyor belt, for example, and provide in this way a coupling action with rigid correlation.
- fastening means are employed that are embodied as fastening screws, for example.
- the sections of the closure member For coupling two transverse lock bars in a closure member, the sections of the closure member have recesses whose geometric dimensions are designed such that the transverse lock bars fit with form fit in the recesses. Grooves that are recessed in the surface of the sections of the closure member are suitable in particular as recesses for receiving the transverse lock bars. Preferably, the depth of the grooves is in this context in a range that is 10 to 50% of the material thickness of the sections of the closure member.
- the detachably designed closure members for coupling transverse lock bars of the conveyor belt segments of the conveyor belt can be utilized as means for receiving and fastening rod elements.
- straps can adjoin the sections of a closure member for receiving the transverse lock bars and rod elements can be attached thereto that, for example, are usable in a bale forming device of a round bale press or in screen and conveyor belts of a potato harvester.
- the transverse lock bars can be furnished on the side which is facing away from the flexible belt element with means for auxiliary coupling.
- a preliminary connection between two transverse lock bars can be provided with the goal that then at this coupling location the two sections of the closure member can be mounted in a simple way.
- a dovetail-shaped projection which is insertable into a dovetail-shaped cutout can be provided as means for auxiliary coupling.
- a dovetail-shaped projection and a dovetail-shaped cutout are provided.
- other configurations for auxiliary coupling are conceivable also.
- an agricultural harvester for harvesting agricultural field crops or suchlike harvested crop with at least one device for processing and/or conveying the field crops comprises at least one conveyor belt or a conveyor belt segment according to the features of claims 1 to 13 , on which rod elements are attached that are at least approximately oriented transversely to the running direction of the conveyor belt or of the conveyor belt segment. It is thus proposed according to the invention to assemble conveyor belts from conveyor belt segments with same or different length. In an application in which between two conveyor belts rod elements are attached that are embodied as conveying or pressing rods, these conveyor belts can then form a bale forming device which surrounds a bale forming chamber for forming round bales.
- bale forming device With such a configuration of the bale forming device, it is made possible that even conveyor belts of different lengths for different bale sizes can be assembled of standardized conveyor belt segments. A cost-intensive stockpiling of conveyor belts of different lengths can thus be eliminated. The manufacturing process can be significantly simplified in this way.
- FIG. 1 a perspective view of a conveyor belt according to the invention
- FIG. 2 a perspective view of a conveyor belt segment of a conveyor belt according to FIG. 1 in a partially broken away illustration
- FIG. 3 a section illustration of a coupling location of two conveyor belt segments, the section taken parallel to the running surface of the conveyor belt;
- FIG. 4 a perspective view of two conveyor belt segments during an auxiliary joining process
- FIG. 5 a section illustration of a coupling location of two conveyor belt segments, the section taken parallel to the lateral flank of the conveyor belt;
- FIG. 6 a schematic illustration of an agricultural harvester with a bale forming device
- FIG. 7 a perspective view of a bale forming device according to FIG. 6 .
- a conveyor belt 1 according to the invention is illustrated in detail which is formed of at least two conveyor belt segments 2 . Further advantageous embodiments of a conveyor belt 1 can however be designed also such that a plurality of standardized conveyor belt segments 2 are joined to a conveyor belt 1 .
- a detachable closure member 4 is provided with which, at a coupling location 5 , coupling of the conveyor belt ends or conveyor belt segment ends 3 with a rigid correlation relative to each other is effected.
- a conveyor belt segment 2 comprises a flexible belt element 6 which, depending on the intended use, can be provided with different profilings.
- FIG. 2 A detailed representation of the construction of a conveyor belt segment 2 according to the invention can be taken from FIG. 2 .
- the flexible belt element 6 Based on a reinforcement layer 8 of steel ropes 9 located in the interior of the flexible belt element 6 , the flexible belt element 6 comprises upper and lower cover layers that can be provided with different profilings but also without profiling.
- the transverse lock bar 10 On each conveyor belt segment end 3 of a conveyor belt segment 2 the latter is provided with a transverse lock bar 10 that, with respect to its length extension, is oriented transverse to the running direction of the conveyor belt segment 2 and serves for coupling two conveyor belt segments 2 or for closing a conveyor belt segment 2 to a conveyor belt 1 .
- the transverse lock bar 10 comprises in the running direction of the conveyor belt segment 2 a plurality of bores 11 in which the ends of steel ropes 9 are connected in a pull-resistant way to the transverse lock bar 10 by joining methods such as soldering, gluing, welding, pressing, or clamping.
- the illustration of FIG. 2 shows that the transverse lock bar has a preferably square cross section whose edge lengths can be in a range of 10 to 15 mm.
- the transverse lock bar 10 that, for coupling, is to be connected with a further lock bar 10 of a further conveyor belt segment 2 in a rigid correlation relative to each other has an extremely compact size which reliably prevents limitations of the flexibility for deflections at guide and idler pulleys.
- each transverse lock bar 10 can be provided with a dovetail-shaped cutout 12 as well as with a dovetail-shaped projection 13 on the side which is facing away from the flexible belt element 6 .
- a transverse lock bar with a mirror-symmetrical configuration with the dovetail-shaped projection 13 and the dovetail-shaped cutout 12 can then be preliminarily coupled in a simple way with the first transverse lock bar 10 .
- FIG. 5 shows in a section illustration the coupling location 5 in a state in which two conveyor belt segments 2 are connected to each other by the action of the closure member according to the invention.
- the sides of the transverse lock bar 10 which are facing away from the flexible belt element 6 are contacting each other in the coupled state so that by engagement of the sections 14 , 15 of the closure member 4 across the upper and across the lower side of the conveyor belt segment 2 a connection is realized in which a rigid correlation of the transverse lock bars 10 relative to each other occurs.
- fastening screws 16 can be used, as they are already shown in FIG. 1 .
- the engagement of the sections 14 , 15 of the closure member 4 is achieved in that the sections 14 , 15 are provided with recesses 17 into which the two transverse lock bars 10 can be inserted with form fit in regard to their cross section dimensions.
- FIG. 6 One embodiment of an agricultural harvester in which the conveyor belts 1 according to the invention can be used, is illustrated in FIG. 6 .
- a round bale press for harvesting stalk crop is shown in which the collected harvested crop is compressed by means of a device 18 for processing and/or conveying the harvested crop in the form of a bale forming device 19 to round bales in a bale forming chamber 20 .
- a detailed illustration of the bale forming device 19 can be taken from FIG. 7 .
- the bale forming device 19 illustrated therein is comprised of two conveyor belts 1 between which rod elements 22 embodied as conveying and pressing rods 21 are extending.
- two coupling locations 5 are provided where two conveying belt segments 2 are coupled with each other and two conveying belt segments 2 are also connected with a conveying and pressing rod 21 .
- a closure member 23 is provided which has corresponding sections 14 , 15 of the closure member 4 ( FIG. 5 ) and on which however straps 24 are attached for receiving the conveying and pressing rods 21 .
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- The invention concerns a conveyor belt or a conveyor belt segment of an elastomeric material with a reinforcement layer of steel ropes arranged so as to be oriented in longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt according to the preamble of
claim 1 as well as an agricultural harvester for harvesting field crops or suchlike harvested crop according to the preamble ofclaim 14. Such conveyor belts and their use are known from various applications. - WO 2012/038155 A1 discloses a conveyor belt or conveyor belt segment in which a reinforcement layer of steel ropes arranged in longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt and aligned parallel to each other provide for a sufficiently high tensile force that can be transmitted by such conveyor belts. On the top side or bottom side, the reinforcement layer is covered by cover layers of an elastomeric material. For connecting the two ends of the conveyor belt or the ends of at least two conveyor belt segments, the publication proposes hinge plates which are provided with appropriate longitudinal bores for receiving the steel ropes. For fixation of the steel ropes in the longitudinal bores of the hinge plates, compression of the hinge plates is provided. Due to the compressive connections in the hinge plates for attachment of the wire ropes with the hinge plates, a limited flexibility of the conveyor belt results, in particular for deflection at guide and idler pulleys with small diameters.
- Moreover, DE 10 2004 023 704 A1 discloses an agricultural harvester in the form of a round bale press for collecting and pressing agricultural harvested crop in which a bale forming device is formed of two drive belts with pressing rods arranged therebetween. Based on the knowledge that the drive belts in question are endless belts, in practice a plurality of different belt lengths for different bale sizes are required which must be stockpiled, respectively.
- Object of the invention is therefore to provide a conveyor belt of conveyor belt segments which can be produced and assembled in a simple and inexpensive way, provides an optimal flexibility at the same time, and therefore simplifies the use in agricultural harvesters.
- According to the invention, the aforementioned object is solved by a conveyor belt or conveyor belt segment according to
claim 1 as well as by an agricultural harvester for harvesting field crops according toclaim 14. Preferred embodiments of the invention are subject matter of the dependent claims. - According to the invention, a conveyor belt or conveyor belt segment of an elastomeric material is proposed, comprising a reinforcement layer of steel ropes arranged so as to be oriented in longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt or of the conveyor belt segment, wherein each conveyor belt end or conveyor belt segment end comprises a transverse lock bar in which the ends of the steel ropes are locked by friction or form fit, wherein the transverse lock bars of two conveyor belt ends or conveyor belt segment ends can be coupled with each other by means of a detachable closure member in a rigid correlation relative to each other. In this way, a conveyor belt is made available that is formed of at least one conveyor belt segment wherein the respective conveyor belt segment ends are connected to each other in an extremely compact manner so that in this way a limitation of the flexibility of the conveyor belt, in particular for deflection at guide or idler pulleys with small diameters, is avoided. End members of the conveyor belt or of the conveyor belt segments embodied as transverse lock bars comprise bores distributed across their length in which the ends of the wire ropes are connected in a pull-resistant way by joining methods such as soldering, gluing, welding, compressing or clamping with the transverse lock bar. Due to these connecting techniques, such a transverse lock bar requires only a very compact cross section. Advantageously, the required cross section for a square cross section surface can have an edge length of 10 to 15 mm. Other cross section surfaces can however be employed also.
- With the closure member according to the invention, a coupling action of the transverse lock bars is achieved in which a rigid correlation of the transverse lock bars relative to each other is realized. A rigid correlation is to be understood in the context of the invention in that any type of movement of two transverse lock bars relative to each other that are at least partially enclosed by the closure member is not possible. For coupling two such transverse lock bars, the closure member is formed of at least two sections that are detachably connected to each other. The sections of the closure member can be a bottom and a top section that receive between them two neighboring transverse lock bars of conveyor segments that are to be connected to a conveyor belt, for example, and provide in this way a coupling action with rigid correlation. For realizing a detachable connection between the sections of a closure member, fastening means are employed that are embodied as fastening screws, for example.
- For coupling two transverse lock bars in a closure member, the sections of the closure member have recesses whose geometric dimensions are designed such that the transverse lock bars fit with form fit in the recesses. Grooves that are recessed in the surface of the sections of the closure member are suitable in particular as recesses for receiving the transverse lock bars. Preferably, the depth of the grooves is in this context in a range that is 10 to 50% of the material thickness of the sections of the closure member.
- In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the detachably designed closure members for coupling transverse lock bars of the conveyor belt segments of the conveyor belt can be utilized as means for receiving and fastening rod elements. For this purpose, straps can adjoin the sections of a closure member for receiving the transverse lock bars and rod elements can be attached thereto that, for example, are usable in a bale forming device of a round bale press or in screen and conveyor belts of a potato harvester.
- For facilitating joining of two ends of conveyor belt segments or two ends of a conveyor belt, the transverse lock bars can be furnished on the side which is facing away from the flexible belt element with means for auxiliary coupling. With the means for auxiliary coupling a preliminary connection between two transverse lock bars can be provided with the goal that then at this coupling location the two sections of the closure member can be mounted in a simple way. In an advantageous embodiment, a dovetail-shaped projection which is insertable into a dovetail-shaped cutout can be provided as means for auxiliary coupling. For making uniform the coupling locations between the respective conveyor belt segments, it is then advantageous when on each transverse lock bar a dovetail-shaped projection and a dovetail-shaped cutout are provided. In further embodiments of the invention, other configurations for auxiliary coupling are conceivable also.
- In a further embodiment of the invention, an agricultural harvester for harvesting agricultural field crops or suchlike harvested crop with at least one device for processing and/or conveying the field crops is proposed in which the device for processing and/or conveying the field crops comprises at least one conveyor belt or a conveyor belt segment according to the features of
claims 1 to 13, on which rod elements are attached that are at least approximately oriented transversely to the running direction of the conveyor belt or of the conveyor belt segment. It is thus proposed according to the invention to assemble conveyor belts from conveyor belt segments with same or different length. In an application in which between two conveyor belts rod elements are attached that are embodied as conveying or pressing rods, these conveyor belts can then form a bale forming device which surrounds a bale forming chamber for forming round bales. With such a configuration of the bale forming device, it is made possible that even conveyor belts of different lengths for different bale sizes can be assembled of standardized conveyor belt segments. A cost-intensive stockpiling of conveyor belts of different lengths can thus be eliminated. The manufacturing process can be significantly simplified in this way. - In the following, an advantageous embodiment of the invention will be explained with the aid of a drawing. In the drawing, it is shown in:
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FIG. 1 : a perspective view of a conveyor belt according to the invention; -
FIG. 2 : a perspective view of a conveyor belt segment of a conveyor belt according toFIG. 1 in a partially broken away illustration; -
FIG. 3 : a section illustration of a coupling location of two conveyor belt segments, the section taken parallel to the running surface of the conveyor belt; -
FIG. 4 : a perspective view of two conveyor belt segments during an auxiliary joining process; -
FIG. 5 : a section illustration of a coupling location of two conveyor belt segments, the section taken parallel to the lateral flank of the conveyor belt; -
FIG. 6 : a schematic illustration of an agricultural harvester with a bale forming device; -
FIG. 7 : a perspective view of a bale forming device according toFIG. 6 . - In
FIG. 1 , aconveyor belt 1 according to the invention is illustrated in detail which is formed of at least twoconveyor belt segments 2. Further advantageous embodiments of aconveyor belt 1 can however be designed also such that a plurality of standardizedconveyor belt segments 2 are joined to aconveyor belt 1. As a connection between the conveyor belt ends or conveyorbelt segment ends 3, adetachable closure member 4 is provided with which, at acoupling location 5, coupling of the conveyor belt ends or conveyorbelt segment ends 3 with a rigid correlation relative to each other is effected. Between twocoupling locations 5, aconveyor belt segment 2 comprises aflexible belt element 6 which, depending on the intended use, can be provided with different profilings. Furthermore,FIG. 1 shows that in theflexible belt element 6 also connectinglocations 7 for rod elements can be provided when theconveyor belt 1, by being furnished with rod elements that are oriented at least approximately transversely to the running direction of the conveyor belt, is to be used as a device for processing and/or conveying field crops or suchlike harvested crop - A detailed representation of the construction of a
conveyor belt segment 2 according to the invention can be taken fromFIG. 2 . Based on areinforcement layer 8 ofsteel ropes 9 located in the interior of theflexible belt element 6, theflexible belt element 6 comprises upper and lower cover layers that can be provided with different profilings but also without profiling. On each conveyorbelt segment end 3 of aconveyor belt segment 2 the latter is provided with atransverse lock bar 10 that, with respect to its length extension, is oriented transverse to the running direction of theconveyor belt segment 2 and serves for coupling twoconveyor belt segments 2 or for closing aconveyor belt segment 2 to aconveyor belt 1. Thetransverse lock bar 10 comprises in the running direction of the conveyor belt segment 2 a plurality ofbores 11 in which the ends ofsteel ropes 9 are connected in a pull-resistant way to thetransverse lock bar 10 by joining methods such as soldering, gluing, welding, pressing, or clamping. Moreover, the illustration ofFIG. 2 shows that the transverse lock bar has a preferably square cross section whose edge lengths can be in a range of 10 to 15 mm. Thus, thetransverse lock bar 10 that, for coupling, is to be connected with afurther lock bar 10 of a furtherconveyor belt segment 2 in a rigid correlation relative to each other has an extremely compact size which reliably prevents limitations of the flexibility for deflections at guide and idler pulleys. - The illustrations of
FIG. 3 andFIG. 4 show twoconveyor belt segments 2 in a state of an auxiliary coupling action that serves to facilitate the attachment and fastening process of aclosure member 4 in that possible pulling forces that impair the attachment and fastening process of aclosure member 4 as a result of the weight effect of a conveyor belt section are already absorbed. When the auxiliary coupling action of two conveyor belt segments is completed, theclosure member 4 can be unhurriedly attached and fastened. For this purpose, eachtransverse lock bar 10 can be provided with a dovetail-shapedcutout 12 as well as with a dovetail-shapedprojection 13 on the side which is facing away from theflexible belt element 6. A transverse lock bar with a mirror-symmetrical configuration with the dovetail-shapedprojection 13 and the dovetail-shapedcutout 12 can then be preliminarily coupled in a simple way with the firsttransverse lock bar 10. -
FIG. 5 shows in a section illustration thecoupling location 5 in a state in which twoconveyor belt segments 2 are connected to each other by the action of the closure member according to the invention. The sides of thetransverse lock bar 10 which are facing away from theflexible belt element 6 are contacting each other in the coupled state so that by engagement of thesections closure member 4 across the upper and across the lower side of the conveyor belt segment 2 a connection is realized in which a rigid correlation of the transverse lock bars 10 relative to each other occurs. When the twosections closure member 4 are now tensioned relative to each other, a form-fit connection in conveyor belts is produced that withstands even the difficult environmental conditions during use of agricultural harvesters. For tensioning thesections closure member 4 relative to each other, fastening screws 16 can be used, as they are already shown inFIG. 1 . The engagement of thesections closure member 4 is achieved in that thesections recesses 17 into which the two transverse lock bars 10 can be inserted with form fit in regard to their cross section dimensions. - One embodiment of an agricultural harvester in which the
conveyor belts 1 according to the invention can be used, is illustrated inFIG. 6 . Here, a round bale press for harvesting stalk crop is shown in which the collected harvested crop is compressed by means of adevice 18 for processing and/or conveying the harvested crop in the form of abale forming device 19 to round bales in abale forming chamber 20. A detailed illustration of thebale forming device 19 can be taken fromFIG. 7 . Thebale forming device 19 illustrated therein is comprised of twoconveyor belts 1 between whichrod elements 22 embodied as conveying andpressing rods 21 are extending. Approximately at the central area of the illustratedbale forming device 19, twocoupling locations 5 are provided where two conveyingbelt segments 2 are coupled with each other and two conveyingbelt segments 2 are also connected with a conveying and pressingrod 21. For this purpose, aclosure member 23 is provided which has correspondingsections FIG. 5 ) and on which however straps 24 are attached for receiving the conveying andpressing rods 21.
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